Look > Largest bat ever found ?

by Don Posted 2012/08/25 13:09:31

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	Yes	29 votes	48%
	No	15 votes	25%
	Undecided	17 votes	28%

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Heat Her 2012/09/18 13:08:11

Yes

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The chupacabra lives!!

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P. Sturm 2012/09/12 02:53:22

Undecided

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They haven't met my girlfriend's mother.

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eεrɾïiсαa αaṉnṉεe 2012/08/27 10:00:09

Yes

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But aren't they supposed to be nocturnal?

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gregor.l.lindemann 2012/08/27 00:54:05

Yes

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Wow nice

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Edwin 2012/08/27 00:23:08

Undecided

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How would I know if it is the largest? It's cool though...

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KingdomNow 2012/08/26 10:56:54

Undecided

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I wonder what it tastes like...

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La 2012/08/26 10:47:30

Yes

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Scary

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Me 2012/08/26 03:00:31

Yes

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omg wow

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bamabelle13✝❤ 2012/08/26 02:35:34

Undecided

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If that's real, that's pretty dang scary.

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boss hawg 2012/08/26 00:40:45

Yes

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very interesting

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DH 2012/08/25 22:30:24

Yes

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Apparently, these things are real. And very cool :)

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DH to DH 2012/08/25 22:32:18

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Even better...

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Keith 2012/08/25 21:47:59

No

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I'm skeptical.

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Swampdog 2012/08/25 20:48:30

Undecided

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Foxbat however there is no scale, the bat is much closer to the camera than the person in the background.

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Piwan 2012/08/25 20:16:03

Yes

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Unless that is photoshopped, i have NEVER seen a bat that big! That is COOL!

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wamcalif 2012/08/25 18:57:03

No

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Yeah, the perspective is off. The guy is like four feet back. If there were giant bats like that, they would not be content with eating just small insects. Your dogs and cats might be on the menu.

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Philo-Publius 2012/08/25 18:29:56

Yes

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Sure seems it. I googled this just now and there is someone on Yahoo! Answers who noted that, "Some scientists claim the flying foxes are more closely related to us than to fellow bats."

Is this true, does anybody know? I know that, for instance, the African golden mole is said to be more closely-related to humans than the Australian mole (this is what is taught -- there is no controversy among evolutionary scientists). In any case, to my eyes, that indeed looks like a fox with bat wings, and not a bat.

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Michaela★ 2012/08/25 18:20:58

No

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It doesn't even look slightly real.

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kobidobidog 2012/08/25 17:56:34 (edited)

Yes

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looks real to me genitalia and all. Bats, mosquitoes, ticks whatever do not carry anything. People only say that to scare you even as the bat getting in your hair was meant to scare you.

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xXmIsSuNdErStoOdXx 2012/08/25 17:18:53

Yes

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Damnnnnnnnn!!!!!!! Is that real????

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Butch 2012/08/25 15:57:18

Undecided

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What's the question? I see no question. Let's just say I get squeamish with little things, like Jim Stafford's brand of "♫Spiders and Snakes♫" That great hulking horror would scare the bejesus outta me.

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JohnT 2012/08/25 15:32:43

Undecided

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That is just the way the photo was taken with the bat closer and the person farther behind which gives and illusion to the bat being big. I have lenses and photo programs that do that. I am not buying it..................

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RasHooD 2012/08/25 14:22:15

No

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100% FAKE!!

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Kat 2012/08/25 14:20:56

Undecided

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Could be, he is big.

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Marianne 2012/08/25 14:16:48

Undecided

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Pteropus voeltzkowi is a megabat indeed, endemic to Pemba, Tanzania.
I don't know if it is the largest bat of the world, maybe, but it is important to talk about endangered species and their protection.

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Marianne to Marianne 2012/08/25 14:20:07

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I just looked at the article and saw also the pictures, these flying foxes have sweet faces.

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Wretha S 2012/08/25 14:07:06

Undecided

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These bats are big, but this particular picture, while I can't rule out photoshop 100%, I don't believe it is photoshopped, what this IS however, is a large bat, AND an optical illusion, it's a matter of perspective, the bat is not hanging right next to this man, it is quite a bit in front of this man, thus making it LOOK like this bat is much larger than it is... click on the link and see the other pictures, particularly the one with the woman in the picture, then you will get an idea of the size of this bat.

Wretha

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PandoraBoxe 2012/08/25 14:06:33

Undecided

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Flying foxes are the largest bats in the world, but this could be photoshopped. Who can tell any these days?

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Jenny 2012/08/25 13:56:38 (edited)
Freeranger 2012/08/25 13:25:24

Undecided

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Geez....I don't know....something about this one doesn't look right. Not sure I'm buyin' it.

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ģhøṡτ øώl 2012/08/25 13:25:23

Yes

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They showed them in 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'. He tells the chick "Those aren't birds, Sweetheart. They're Giant Vampire bats."

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lurx: the soda jerk 2012/08/25 13:22:18

No

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pepper5419 to lurx: t... 2012/08/25 17:14:28

+4
That's governor Chris Christie posing in his Halloween costume last year.

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Quiet-is-feared 2012/08/25 13:21:10

No

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It looks enlarged, but if it's real then that's awesome.
I love bats, such cute creatures (:

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Stryder 2012/08/25 13:14:29 (edited)

No

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Maybe one of the worst photoshops I've ever seen. Or maybe it's just the angle. Flying Foxes are the largest species of bat, tho.

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ღ Marceline The Vampire Que... 2012/08/25 13:14:24

Yes

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wow

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Jack's Pearl 2012/08/25 13:13:11

No

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I don't believe it. Looks like a dog with a bat body. Photoshop is amazing!

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Doc. J to Jack's ... 2012/08/25 13:40:52

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Did you actually LOOK at the provided photos after following the link?
Read the article...It has some very interesting facts about the creature, and it's status.

Or will you go the cheap and easy way and decide that because YOU have never heard of it, it must be a photoshop creation?
(BTW, the world is FULL of things you have never heard of.)

1) You will choose to educate yourself.

2) You will opt for selective ignorance.

I had never heard of them either....but to me, that's just a grand excuse to learn about them.

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Jack's ... to Doc. J 2012/08/25 13:45:46

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Sorry to have offended you so much. Didn't mean to do that. :)

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Jack's ... to Doc. J 2012/08/25 13:49:55

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I just looked at the link. Didn't even notice it when I first viewed the post. Interesting animals, but the extra large one looks unreal and I have no clue as to the validity of the article you provided. Not putting you down at all. Just my opinion of what I see here. Good day!

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